(CNN)Acclaimed Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv.
The Young Theater -- a Ukrainian theater troupe she had been part of since 1980 -- announced the star's death on Thursday.
In a statement shared on its Facebook page, the company expressed its "irreparable grief" at Shvets' passing.
"Honored Artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets was killed during a rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv," the troupe wrote alongside a picture of the stage and screen veteran.
The tribute, translated from Ukrainian, continued: "Bright memory to the talented actress! There is no forgiveness for the enemy that has come to our land!"
English-language publication Kyiv Post also reported her death, saying on Twitter that she was "murdered in Kyiv during the war."
According to the Young Theater website, Shvets studied theater at the Ivan Franko Theater and the Kiev State Institute of Theater Arts before embarking on a decades-long career in entertainment.
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